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May 23, 2007
South Bay Transit Decongestion
 The Jefferson Club, Santa Clara University's Civil Society Institute and the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association invite you to hear:
Randal O'Toole on the topic South Bay Transit Decongestion Can BART do it? Wed. 23 May 2007, 7:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Santa Clara University, Benson Memorial Center, Lower Level California Mission Room (formerly The Brass Rail)
February 7, 2007
Private Alternatives to Transportation Gridlock
 Adrian Moore will talk about new paradigms for transportation management, which offer a dramatic expansion of the role of the private sector in transportation systems, especially reagarding the Bay area and BART.
Adrian Moore is VP of research at Reason Foundation. He oversees all of Reason's policy research and conducts his own research on topics such as government reform, transportation and urban growth.
January 17, 2007
Richard Epstein on Eminent Domain
 Richard Epstein, Professor of Law at University of Chicago and Senior Fellow at Hoover Institution is the author of numerous books and articles and is a simply spellbinding speaker.
He will be enlightening us on the topic of Eminent Domain, the subject of a failed November '06 California Ballot initiative and perennial use by local governments to seize private property.
September 26, 2006
The End of Medicine
Can Medicine benefit from high tech? Come hear Andy Kessler, author of recently published The End of Medicine and bestseller Running Money, frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal op-ed page and many other publications, co-founder and President of Velocity Capital Management, explain how markets and high-tech will radically change the nature of medicine.
May 2, 2006
Universal Preschool
7:00 P.M. (Please note this new time.)
to discuss Rob Reiner's June, 2006 California ballot proposal for:
Universal Preschool
with
Lisa Snell
Director of Education and Child Welfare, Reason Foundation
CoSponsored with Santa Clara University's Civil Society Institute.
March 30, 2006
Great Decisions Dinner
Thursday, 30 March, 2006
David R. Henderson and Charles L. Hooper
to discuss their new book:
Making Great Decisions in Business and Life
April 26, 2005
Lessons from PayPal: Vision vs. Reality
The exciting story of PayPal the internet payments company from Peter Thiel, co-founder and former CEO. PayPal, Inc, as described in PayPal Wars, the recent exciting book by Eric M. Jackson, was a financial success but did not turn out to be the revolutionary vehicle our speaker had envisioned. What lessons did he draw from that? Was the vision an inspiration or a distraction?
April 20, 2001
Pornography, Privacy, and Digital Self-Help
Tom W. Bell, Associate Professor of Chapman University School of Law
September 10, 1999
Strong Crypto, Smart Cell Phones, and the End of Monetary Sovereignty
Peter Thiel, CEO of PayPal
February 3, 1999
The Benefits of Social Security Privatization on the Economy
Michael Tanner Director of Social Security Privatization of Cato
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